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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Marc Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Brett Ronzi, Highland, MI (US);
Christian J. Hosbach, Taylor, MI (US);
Keith Allen Godin, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Frederick Lyons, Jr., New Haven, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seatback assembly includes an outer shell coupled to a seatback carrier via a releasable coupling arrangement. The releasable coupling arrangement can take various forms in order to securely couple the outer shell to the seatback carrier. A seatback frame is disposed between the seatback carrier and the outer shell in assembly. An airbag module is coupled to the seatback frame, and the releasable coupling arrangement is configured to release upon deployment of an airbag from the airbag module to define a peripheral gap between the outer shell and seatback carrier through which the airbag can be deployed.